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A 21-year-old regional park in the heart of Mandarin will soon be renamed in honor of the former Jacksonville City…
September 26, 2024
OPINION | Green acres: A master plan for Jacksonville’s park system
Jacksonville’s Parks Department expects to unveil an updated Parks Master Plan in winter 2025. Here’s what’s in it, and what’s…
August 29, 2024
Facing uproar, state withdraws park development plan
The “Great Outdoors Initiative” had called for a 350-room lodge, pickleball courts and a disc golf course at Anastasia State…
July 17, 2024
Design approved for Fernandina waterfront park
Fernandina Beach city commissioners have taken the next steps to make the Amelia Waterfront Park a reality. Commissioners on Tuesday…
June 25, 2024
Here’s what they’re considering for Metropolitan Park
An architectural firm has put together three concepts for the park based on input from the community.…
May 22, 2024
Jax parks improving, but work remains, report says
A national nonprofit organization, the Trust for Public Land, ranked Jacksonville’s parks 69th of 100 cities nationwide — an improvement…
May 16, 2024
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing Park to open June 27
The park honors the song written in the early 1900s by Jacksonville brothers James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson.…
May 9, 2024
OPINION | Riverfront Plaza’s false choice
If we want Riverfront Plaza finished any time soon, we need to free Park East from the insanity of “Pad…
May 8, 2024
THE JAXSON | The year of the Downtown public space
At long last, several high-profile parks in Downtown Jacksonville have opened this year, with more on the way in the…
April 18, 2024
OPINION | Riverfront Plaza’s dizzying complications
Redeveloping the former Landing site is overly complicated, defies common sense, is too costly, and is taking too long.…
April 18, 2024
Public offers suggestions to ‘reimagine’ Metro Park
The city is seeking suggestions on how to develop the riverfront park into a “part of the everyday experience.”…
April 4, 2024
OPINION | A pocketful of miracles: Are parks central to Northbank plan?
Are parks central to plans for Downtown Jacksonville’s Northbank? Or are they an after-thought?…
April 2, 2024
St. Johns County spends big on parks
One of Florida’s fastest growing counties is making a big investment in new parks and trails.…
March 25, 2024
St. Augustine seeks a name for new park
Work is continuing to create a park on an empty city lot at Weeden and DeHaven streets. The question now…
March 1, 2024
New Ringhaver playground embraces all children
The renovated playground at Ringhaver Park was designed to be more inclusive for children with limited abilities.…
November 9, 2023
RiversEdge expects to finish four public parks in 2024
Work on four public parks that are part of the RiversEdge commercial and residential project on the Downtown Southbank could…
December 20, 2022
THE JAXSON | Waterfront parks: 5 models for Jacksonville
Downtown Jacksonville boasts one of the most beautiful waterfronts in the country, but historically, our public space along it hasn’t…
December 6, 2022
THE JAXSON | List: The urban core’s largest historic public parks
Jacksonville is one of largest cities by area in the contiguous U.S., covering 747 square miles of land area. It…